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JOHN M. PERKINS, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY. 'Q-IAYQ-IJZZ" .fl Z44 W/(L. Letters Pm'm No. 76,342, dated April 7, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. PERKINS, of Plainfield, county of Union, and State OI a... ersey, have invented a new and useful Aromatic Lining for Carpets, Chests, &c., for the purpose of repelling the attacks of moths and other destructive insects, and for other purposes; and I hercby'declare the following to he a clear and exact description of the same, which will enable the public fully to understand my invention, and those skilled in.thc art to construct and use it.

I take a section or log of camphor, cedar, or other aromatic wood which, from the pungency of the odor emitted therefrom, is found to repel moths or other insects whose ravages are destructive or injurious to woollen, fur, and other goods, and, having shaved, turned, or otherwise obtained from said leg or section a thin lamina or veneer, I proceed to apply to one side of said veneer a lining of paper paper-pulp, or cloth, for the purpose of giving greater strength to my said lamina, and to enable it to withstand more perfectly the wear and tear to which such a lining, especially when placed beneath a carpet, would be subjected. As the most aromatic wood is co=,tly, and not always to be obtained, I find it necessary to sometimes employ cheaper and non-aromatic woods, which I saturate in a strong solution or tincture of some aromatic resin, gum, or oil, and subsequently unite the lamina with paper, paper-pulp, or textile fabric, either by uniting said pulp in the paper-mill in the process of fabricating said paper, or by attaching the already-formed paper or cloth to the lamina. by some adhesive material; and, whether using aromatic woods or nou aromatic woods, I am enabled to secure a more positively aromatic lining by saturating the sizing or paste used in uniting the two substances, or in attaching the completed article to the walls of trunks, bureaus, chests, wardrobes, &c., as well as the lining of the lamina and the lamina itself, in a solution or tincture of aromaticgums, resins, or oils. In some cases, however, I employ two laminae of wood, united by an adhesive substance, and so transversely placed, by crossing the grain of said laminae, as to strengthen the fabric; and I secure the aromatic, effect by using a single veneer, without lining of any kind, although I deem it better to strengthen the veneer by some supporting lining.

lhe ordinary and well-known method ofrcpelling from wood and far, or woollen and fur goods, the ravages of insects is to scatter upon carpets, or intersper'se with the goods to be protected, aromatic drugs, gums, or leaves, as the resinous gum of the camphor-trec, the leaves of the tobacco-plant, &c., 820., or to place the goods in costly chests made from IU'OH'IMJlC WOOQIS. 'Ihe first method unclean and unsightly, the second too expen sive for general use. By my method, I obviate both of these objections, and, in the ease of carpets, secure a more perfect result, the aroma--so oifcnsive to the moth--rising from the lining of the carpet, and penetrating every fibre oithe carpet, while, in the case of boxes or chests, I am enabled to ornament theinterior walls, as well as to secure a permanent aroma for the purpose indicated, at a trifling expense. 0

While my object is to secure the aromatic effect, without the unsightliness necessary in bestrewing the article to be protected, and without the costliness of solid chests of aromatic wood, and, at the same time, to render my application of the repelling-aroma ornamental to the chest, drawers, Sim, to the interior of which it may he applied, as well as useful, when used as a lining to a carpet, by protecting it from the roughness and inei'pialitics of the floor, and while I havc'found that lamina of wood, when strengthened by paper, paper-pulp, or textile materials, is the strongest, most durable, most elegant, and most highly aromatic form of applying my invention, I am enabled to effect a similar purpose by saturating paper or cloth, and uniting two or more thicknesses of either of these substances so saturated, or by so saturating a single thickness, or by uniting one or more thicknesses of textile materials with one or more thicknesses of paper, or by coating the inner surface of the chest, drawer, wardrobe, the, with the solution, and afterwards applying paper, cloth, or-veneer. I

in either form, the lining may be either attached to the bottom and walls of a chest or wardrobe, or may he loosely placed therein, so that it may be readily removed to any other structure for a like purpose.

What I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

An aromatic lining, when constructed substantially as described, for carpets, wardrobes, chest and the like, for lllQ purpose of protecting said carpets, and the contents of said wardrobes, chests, and the like, from the ravages of moths and other destructive insects.

JOHN M. PERKINS.

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